The diffusion of exporting in Brazilian industrial clusters

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 529-552

  da Rocha, Angela ^a   Kury, Beatriz ^a   Monteiro, Joana ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ARCO Consultoria Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diffusion; Exporting; Industrial clusters; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; STATE ROLE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449644358     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620802373453     Document Type: Article

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